acarinum

A Dictionary of Zoology | Date: 1999

acarinum A small pouch in the abdomen of Old World carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa (subgenus Koptortosoma), which provide protection for symbiotic mites of the genus Dinogamasus.


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